Song Of Despair Part- 5
(Iqbal’s Shikwa)
Do say! Who uprooted the fort
of Khaiber?
Who
captured Constantinople from the Kaiser?
Who
destroyed the man-made idols?
Who slaughtered
the armies of the infidels?
Who cooled
the Fire-temple of Iran ?
Who
revived the chanting of Thy hymn?
Which nation opted to seek Thy favour alone?
And
preferred to put its existence at stake,
Whose
all-conquering sword dominated the world?
Whose call of takbir made Thy
world awake?
Whose
terror made the idol-gods fear- stricken?
And fall and
prostrate chanting Thy hymn of Oneness?
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